Kourerpeton

Kourerpeton
Temporal range: Permian or Early Triassic
Life Restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Order:
†Temnospondyli
Suborder:
†Dvinosauria
Family:
†Kourerpetidae
Genus:
†Kourerpeton

Olson and Lammers, 1976
Species
  • †K. bradyi Olson and Lammers, 1976 (type)

Kourerpeton is an extinct genus of dvinosaurian temnospondyl. Fossils of Kourerpeton were discovered in a window of a barber's shop in either Bisbee or Mesa, Arizona. Kourerpeton was named in 1976, with the type and only species being K. bradyi. It was originally assigned to the monotypic family Kourerpetidae, which has been alternatively spelled Kourerpetontidae.

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